asymmetric information. I show that the `shame' of accepting a possible bribe can screen for reciprocation inducing `guilt'. An …

Actual behaviour is influenced in important ways by moral emotions, for instance guilt or shame. The framework of … to measure individuals’ dispositions to experience guilt/shame and analyses the role these emotions play in a partnership …

Two studies examined the effects of guilt and shame on coping with situations of interpersonal conflict. The first … study used quantitative self-report measures to evaluate the relationship between guilt-proneness and shame-proneness and … evaluate the distinguishing characteristics of guilt versus shame, and the causal relationship between state guilt and shame …

America than in Japan. The pattern is reversed for shame, which appears to play a more important role among Japanese than … initiative and investment in new activities. Overconfidence and high sensitivity to shame emerge as substitute mechanisms to … shame, and a "Japanese" equilibrium with high sensitivity to shame and no overconfidence. The analysis identifies the costs …

America than in Japan. The pattern is reversed for shame, which appears to play a more important role among Japanese than … initiative and investment in new activities. Overconfidence and high sensitivity to shame emerge as substitute mechanisms to … shame, and a "Japanese" equilibrium with high sensitivity to shame and no overconfidence. The analysis identifies the costs …